Field photograph·Csn0341
Machairas Monastery, building with people and trees
Description
A long whitewashed monastery building with a tiled roof and a small bell tower sits on a wooded hillside. In the foreground a tree is in full white blossom, and beside a dirt path an adult in a dark cloak and long skirt stands facing the view, with a smaller child in a light dress nearby. Pine trees and bare slopes fill the background under a pale sky.
Other scan of this record (1)
- Description, scan 2
- A long white building with a red-tiled roof and a small tower sits on a slope above fields and trees. In the foreground a tree in full white blossom fills the left side, and on a gravel path at right stand two figures: a taller one in a dark long coat and skirt, and a smaller child beside them. Pine trees and bare hills rise behind the buildings.
English, as on the record
MAKHERAS MONASTERY "Neophytos, a hermit renowned in virtue, arriving in the island and finding this hill in accessible and rough, far from any disturbance of men, peaceful and ideal for the ascetic life, was pleased to settle here, having with him as companion his pupil, the monk Ignatios." The Abbot Neilos,1210 (On the foundation of Makheras Monastery.)
English, as on the record
MAKHERAS MONASTERY "Neophytos, a hermit renowned in virtue, arriving in the island and finding this hill in accessible and rough, far from any disturbance of men, peaceful and ideal for the ascetic life, was pleased to settle here, having with him as companion his pupil, the monk Ignatios." The Abbot Neilos,1210 (On the foundation of Makheras Monastery.)